Written answers

Thursday, 25 June 2009

Department of Social and Family Affairs

Social Welfare Benefits

7:00 pm

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 168: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the extent to which rent and mortgage support has been increased by her on a monthly basis over the past two years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25598/09]

Photo of Mary HanafinMary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The purpose of the rent supplement scheme is to provide short-term income support to eligible persons living in private rented accommodation, whose means are insufficient to meet their accommodation costs and who do not have accommodation available to them from another source.

Similarly, mortgage interest supplement provides short-term income support to eligible people who are unable to meet their mortgage interest repayments in respect of a house which is their sole place of residence. The supplement assists with the interest portion of the mortgage repayments only.

The number of recipients and expenditure on rent supplement and mortgage interest supplement on a monthly basis for the past 2 years is shown in the attached tabular statement. Recipients and Expenditure on Rent Supplement and Mortgage Interest Supplement, June 2007 to June 2009

Rent SupplementMortgage Interest Supplement
Recipients(1)Expenditure(2)Recipients(1)Expenditure(2)
Monthâ'¬000â'¬000
June 200758,66731,4953,571924
July 200758,64332,8923,6721,029
August 200758,67533,3983,7681,080
September 200758,65031,2183,8121,080
October 200758,92633,6423,8891,245
November 200759,05333,7463,9991,238
December 200759,72634,0454,1111,375
January 200859,80433,6214,2041,380
February 200860,85833,4454,4561,494
March 200861,29733,3084,6231,606
April 200862,16535,1124,7811,769
May 200862,85936,4364,6241,885
June 200863,65033,9615,2121,857
July 200864,82037,9525,5262,341
August 200866,20436,1976,0282,357
September 200867,51938,3816,4002,738
October 200869,72940,1736,9353,065
November 200871,76638,4297,5163,201
December 200874,03843,7718,0913,981
January 200976,07939,7058,8283,950
February 200979,70639,4589,8774,377
March 200982,98645,19410,8725,020
April 200985,51744,05411,5655,146
May 200988,26843,62212,5295,226
June 2009 (3)89,24312,887

(1) Recipients is at last Friday in Month

(2) Total Expenditure in Month

(3) Recipients is at 19/6/09 / Expenditure is not yet available for June 2009

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